Anyone else hoarding stuff for something to do in retirement?
 

I figure when I'm getting to be around 70 years old, and tired of traveling, I'll need a hobby. I still plan on riding and racing bikes, but I'd like something detail-oriented to keep myself sharp. To that end, I've been hoarding motorcycle parts for the past several years. Specifically, OEM and desirable aftermarket parts for rare bikes. I have hundreds of these parts now, and plan on growing my collection while stuff is still affordable. I figure in 20 years, when these parts are unobtainium, I can start cataloging and selling off pieces one by one on Ebay or whatever. Should keep me going for years :D

Anyone else doing something similar?

What's this retirement of which you speak?

I thought you already were retired?

Funny.

What I have been doing is research on making the farm profitable: agri tourism, vineyard, growing hops, wedding destination, etc.

So we're spending time going to a number of different places and getting smart on the costs and labor required.

In the mean time I'm growing my second company.

I guess I meant old and retired :D

books and motorcycle parts

Condoms, but I find they have a short shelf life.

Personally if I make 70 I'm going to start smoking again and may even try a small crack or heroin habit.

Figure by that time old age will get me before bad habits.

old age bad habits
 

now that is fun, thanks for making my weekend, i can think of a few bad habits that i would to start again since old age is over taking me.

I thought you were going to say you were hoarding rare parts for the biggest, most radical bike build you could imagine.

I can always find some sort of project. That is why I drive cars from the 1980s.

I may consider starting up an old hobby (for glaucoma purposes) when I retire.

Condoms.

Along the lines of your crack and heroin. Why bother with a rubber?

I do have a collection of vintage "collectable" parts but mostly for old Porsches....like 356's 914's and early 911's. What I have isn't a 'garage full' but they do take up about half my second bedroom. Lot's of collector stuff with the parts like decals, tee shirts, badges, etc. - and some of that stuff is ideal for eBay because it's small and thus easy and cheap to ship and they do bring some decent coin if they are collectable enough. I also still have a box left of the NOS Porsche Design sunglasses from the 70's and 80's.

Since I'll have the luxury of free time, I'm going to make daily crank calls to my cable/Internet provider to ***** about the service/rates.

You got it... two stroke stuff with an emphasis on Aprilia, and 125/250 GP parts.

In! Do you race in CO? Do you know Tony Baker with MRA?

To protect my kids inheritance.

I may be foolish but I ain't stupid.;)

A quick inventory of the house and garage reveals the following hoards:

• Old ball caps and tee shirts.
• Mismatched nuts and bolts and weird hardware in assorted bins.
• Car magazines from as early as 1986
• Stereo equipment in various states of worth and repair.
• Rems of wood and steel that "might come in handy someday"
• Assorted non-working power tools that are too good to throw away.
• Computer equipment that was obsolete the day I bought it 20 years ago.

You get the idea.

(If my past life is any indication, next time I up and relocate, I'll carefully box up and move all these treasures, and then, years later, in a fit of pique, enjoy a weeklong purge where I fill up the dumpster at work with crap.)

I worked for Bechtel in San Francisco in the '80's. I had a buddy who restored, raced, collected '58 to '67 Corvettes. He had about 10 projects going all the time. He was always going through the GM catalog writing down part numbers at work. In those days, GM still carried parts for older Corvettes - trim pieces, brackets, electrical parts, knobs etc.

He started getting "out of stock" replies to his requests and decided he better get ahead of the game. So he started ordering thousands of dollars worth of Corvette parts. His house was filled with parts. All the dressers in the bedrooms were filled with genuine, hard to find (now), GM parts for 60's era Corvettes.

Not to mention that some of his cars were worth a lot of money as well - '63, '67 big block etc.

I guess if you pick the right hobby, it can be profitable as well as a fun time!

Best thing to begin hoarding for retirement?


Currency.

That days coming up by the end of the year. As for my true " never actually work" retirement, I have shelves and shelves of model kits I've accumulated over a few decades. Plus I have my boat. I'll have more than enough crap to keep me busy.

Good luck! I just sold my CRF450R supermoto. Fun bikes. Don't like the dirt, either. Tony is a good dude.

I have a garage full of long hoods in a warehouse in Sheridan, WY.

My dad was a hoarder before and after retirement and after the treasure hunt was over we through away 36 tons of treasure".
Be careful?

This! My wife and I are both hoarders... my goal for retirement is simplify... I have no desire to own any vehicle that "they won't be making parts for down the road." Bear in mind I am pretty sure they will be making parts for old Porsche's, air cooled VW's, Miata's, 50's-60's American iron, etc. for as long as I will be able to drive.

not hoarding but gathering toys. Two surfboards, road bike, mountain bike, I'll be upgrading to a new touring motorcycle and keeping the Ducati, a cello, a vintage Fender lap guitar, a 102mm refractor telescope, a crapton of tools, x country skis, snowboard, snowshoes, some new camping gear....to be continued.

my teeth.

Getting rid of everything I don't need. I was getting ready to have a building put up in the backyard for my project cars and parts, got rid of the project cars and parts instead. I saved enough I can buy someone else's finished project and then some.

helicopters(s)

I need to go to a swap meet or toy and literature show or two.

I have so much dealership schwag from the late 90's and early 2000's it's crazy.

I even have Porsche training videos on VHS.

I'm sure I held onto them a little too long, lol

If I never throw another project on the pile I've got enough to keep me busy for 30 years.

I'm doing just the opposite. Clearing out stuff I don't need. Simplifying, eliminating stuff just for the sake of having stuff.
The goal is to be streamlined and flexible, so I can pick up and go at a moment's notice without having "stuff" to tend to.

Richard - I had the same idea and retired 10 yrs ago with 22 motorcycles. Idea was something to keep me busy and not get bored. Thought I'd make a few bux also.

Fast forward 10 yrs and haven't really got around to restoring the old ones. Busy the 1st 3 yrs building a house 100 miles away. I travel a lot. Volunteer on the Exec board of a faternal club with 20,000 members in 26 countries. Chairman of our county Civil service commission. Volunteer with Search/Rescue. 21,000 mc miles last year. Snowmobile club award for the most miles.

Over the years, I've sold some bikes w/o restoring and made good money. Current inventory is 13 motorcycles, 4 John Deere, 4 snowmobiles, 2 long-hoods, 1960 190 SL and 3 homes to take care of.

Currently in Europe for all of June and coming back in Oct for a 25 day cruise. (Not my idea, talk to Ms LCE out in the garden). Point is: one can stay plenty busy in retirement.

As far as the bikes being an investment? If I kept the 4 I ride most of the time, the other 9 might net me about $30K total.......Not huge money taking into account my net worth and value of 3 old German cars?

But, it's kinds like the old gal that takes in cats; we can't help ourselves, right? Let us know what bikes you have?

Bob, you need to slow down a bit!

I'm focusing on relatively high dollar two strokes, along with a few 4 strokes. For parts, I think I'm going to really start hoarding GP parts. I've seen what the real 500cc GP bikes are doing lately. They've gone from $50K 5 years ago to over a quarter million these days. I believe the 125s and 250s will follow suit.

A few of mine:

2000 Aprilia RS250 Race
2002 Aprilia RS250 Street
2000 Aprilia RS250 Cup
'85 RZ500
'84 RZ350 Kenny Roberts
'88 RGV250 Pepsi Schwantz
'92 NSR250SP Kocinski
'84 NS400R Rothmans
'92 Honda RS125 GP
'92 Yamaha TZ250 GP
'00 Yamaha TZ250 GP
'08 Harley XR1200 Race
'02 Ducati 998 mono
'02 Ducati 998S Bostrom
'08 Ducati Hypermotard 1100
'85 Honda VF1000R
'82 Suzuki Katana 1000

Money.